Joseph E. Cavanaugh

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University of Iowa
College of Public Health
Biostatistics
ProfessorAppointed: 2008
University of Iowa
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Statistics and Actuarial Science
ProfessorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

200 Hawkins Drive
University of Iowa
C22 GH
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (319) 384-5024
Fax: (319) 384-5018
joe-cavanaugh@uiowa.edu
http://www.public-health.uiowa.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/directory/faculty-detail.asp?emailAddress=joe-cavanaugh@uiowa.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of California, Davis, Statistics, 1993.
M.S., Montana State University, Statistics, 1988.
B.S., Montana Tech, Mathematics, 1986.
B.S., Montana Tech, Computer Science, 1986.

Expertise and Research Interests

1. Biostatistics
2. Model Selection
3. Time Series Analysis
4. Modeling Diagnostics
5. Linear Models
6. Mixed Models
7. State-Space Models
8. Discrimination / Classification

Other Expertise

Books/Monographs

1. Cavanaugh JE. Small-sample model selection in the general state-space setting. (PhD dissertation, University of California, Davis; 1993. Dissertation advisor: Robert H. Shumway.)

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biostatistics, Insurance or Actuarial Science, Statistics, Time Series Analysis.

Additional Terms:

Dentistry, Infectious Diseases, Injury Prevention, Model Selection, Statistical Modeling.

Memberships

American Academy for the Advancement of Science
American Statistical Association
Institute of Mathematical Statistics
International Biometric Society

Honors and Awards

2005-2006, Teaching Award, College of Public Health, University of Iowa
2001, SPES Outstanding Presentation Award, American Statistical Association Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Paper: Self-similarity index estimation via wavelets for locally self-similar processes (with Y. Wang & C. Song)
2001, Albert Winemiller Prize for Outstanding Developments in New Statistical Methodology for an Applied Setting, Paper: Time series analysis of shapes using the complex normal distribution (with A. Micheas)
2000, William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching, University of Missouri-Columbia
1998, Gold Chalk Award (for training and mentoring of graduate students), University of Missouri-Columbia
1997, Provost Outstanding Junior Faculty Teching Award, University of Missouri-Columbia
1994, Montana Tech Alumni Recognition Award,
1992, Teaching Award for Outstanding Graduate Students, University of California, Davis
1986, Valedictorian, Montana Tech 1986 Graduating Class, Montana Tech
1986, Highest Scholastic Standing in the Arts and Sciences, Montana Tech 1986 Graduating Class, Montana Tech

Previous Positions

2003-2008, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, College of Public Health, Biostatistics
2003-2008, Associate Professor, University of Iowa, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Statistics & Actuarial Sciences
2000-2003, Director, University of Missouri-Columbia, Undergraduate Studies
1999-2003, Associate Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
1998-1999, Director, University of Missouri-Columbia, Graduate Studies
1993-1999, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
1991-1993, Graduate Research Assistant, University of California, Davis
1990, Staff Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summer
1988, Staff Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summer
1988-1993, Associate-In/Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of California, Davis
1987, Staff Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summer
1986-1988, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Montana State University
1986, Staff Research Assistant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Summer

Funding Received

  • Pfizer, Inc.: Optimizing Influenza Surveillance in a Rural State - Cavanaugh Co-I, $130,000, 2008 to 2010.
  • NIH: Elderly Cancer Survivors: Cognitive Outcomes and Markers of Neurodengeration - Cavanaugh Biostatistician, $736,000, 2007 to 2012.
  • CDC: Emerging Infections Network - Cavanaugh Biostatistician, $162,780, 2007 to 2007.
  • CDC: Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center - Cavanaugh Co-I; Hartley - PI, $3,224,173, 2007 to 2013.
  • CDC: Parent-Based Intervention to Increase Sfae Teen Driving - Cavanaugh Co-Investigator, $612,833, 2006 to 2009.
  • Unived Services Automobile Assoc. (USAA): Corporate Health Program - Cavanaugh Co-I, $939,072, 2004 to 2007.
  • NIH K30 Clinical Research Curriculum Award: Graduate Training Program in Clinical Research - Cavanaugh Co-I, $1,203,885, 2004 to 2010.
  • US Dept of Labor: Opening Doors for Mature Workers: Phase I and Phase II, $75,000, 2004 to 2005.
  • Research Board of Univ Missouri System: Unified Bayesian Order-Restricted Inferences - Cavanaugh, Co-PI, $15,000, 2004 to 2005.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Seasonal, Interannual, and Long-Term Elevation Change of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet from Satellite Radar Altimetry - Cavanaugh, Consultant, $6,600, 2002 to 2002.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Development of Courses and Recruitment Models for Attracting and Preparing Middle Grade Mathematics Teachers - Cavanaugh, Consultant, $13,500, 2001 to 2003.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): A New Class of Model Selection Criteria Based on Kullback's Symmetric Divergence - Cavanaugh, PI, $70,120, 1997 to 2000.
  • Research Council of University of Missouri-Columbia: The EM Algorithm in State-Space Modeling - Summer Research Fellowship, $7,000, 1996 to 1996.
  • National Science Foundation (NSF): Statistics Research Computing Equipment - Cavanaugh, Co-PI, $60,912, 1995 to 1997.
  • Research Council of University of Missouri-Columbia: New Bootstrap Methodologies for State-Space Modeling - Summer Research Fellowship, $4,000, 1994 to 1994.
  • Research Board of University of Missouri: New Bootstrap Methodologies for State-Space Modeling, $10,900, 1994 to 1995.
  • NIH: Longitudinal Study of Fluoride, Diet, Caries and Fluorosis - Cavanaugh Co-Investigator, $5,525,311, 1991 to 2009.
  • CDC: Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center - Cavanaugh Biostatistician; Peek-Asa PI, $11,787,299, 1990 to 2012.

Publications

  • Polgreen PM, Bohnett LC, Yang M, Pentella MA, Cavanaugh JE (Sep 2009) A spatial analysis of the spread of mumps: the importance of college students and their spring-break-associated travel., Epidemiology and infection, 1-8 Abstract
  • Thunell DH, Tymkiw KD, Johnson GK, Joly S, Burnell KK, Cavanaugh JE, Brogden KA, Guthmiller JM (Jul 2009) A multiplex immunoassay demonstrates reductions in gingival crevicular fluid cytokines following initial periodontal therapy., Journal of periodontal research Abstract
  • Cavanaugh J, Foster ED (2009) Likelihood Ratio Statistic, Encyclopedia of Research Design, edited by N. Salkind, Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publications (bookchapter)
  • Cavanaugh J, Foster ED (2009) Margin of Error, Encyclopedia of Research Design, edited by N. Salkind, Thousand Oaks, California, Sage Publications (bookchapter)
  • Warren JJ, Levy SM, Broffitt B, Cavanaugh JE, Kanellis MJ, Weber-Gasparoni K (Nov 2008) Considerations on Optimal Fluoride Intake Using Dental Fluorosis and Dental Caries Outcomes - A Longitudinal Study., Journal of public health dentistry Abstract
  • Polgreen PM, Septimus EJ, Parry MF, Beekmann SE, Cavanaugh JE, Srinivasan A, Talbot TR (2008) Relationship of Influenza Vaccination Declination Statements and Influenza Vaccination Rates for Healthcare Workers in 22 US Hospitals., Infection control and hospital epidemiology : the official journal of the Society of Hospital Epidemiologists of America, 29 (7), 675-7 Abstract
  • Kaskie B, Imhof S, Cavanaugh J, Culp K (Jun 2008) Civic engagement as a retirement role for aging americans., The Gerontologist, 48 (3), 368-77 Abstract
  • Polgreen PM, Bohnett LC, Cavanaugh JE, Gingerich SB, Desjardin LE, Harris ML, Quinlisk MP, Pentella MA (May 2008) The duration of mumps virus shedding after the onset of symptoms., Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 46 (9), 1447-9 Abstract
  • Kuntz JL, Holley S, Helms CM, Cavanaugh JE, Berg JV, Herwaldt LA, Polgreen PM (2008) Use of a pandemic preparedness drill to increase rates of influenza vaccination among healthcare workers, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 29 (2), 111-5
  • Kaskie B, Gregory D, Cavanaugh J (2008) The use of public mental health services by older Californians and complementary service system effects, J Behav Health Serv Res, 35, 142-57
  • Shang J, Cavanaugh JE (2008) An assumption for the development of bootstrap variants of the Akaike information criterion in mixed models, Statistics & Probability Letters, 78, 1422-9
  • Shang J, Cavanaugh JE, Wright FT (2008) A Bayesian multiple comparison procedure for order-restricted mixed models, International Statistical Review, 76, 266-84
  • Pingel LC, Kohlgraf KG, Hansen CJ, Eastman CG, Dietrich DE, Burnell KK, Srikantha RN, Xiao X, Bélanger M, Progulske-Fox A, Cavanaugh JE, Guthmiller JM, Johnson GK, Joly S, Kurago ZB, Dawson DV, Brogden KA (November/December 2008) Human beta-defensin 3 binds to hemagglutinin B (rHagB), a non-fimbrial adhesin from Porphyromonas gingivalis, and attenuates a pro-inflammatory cytokine response., Immunology and cell biology, 86 (8), 643-9 Abstract
  • Burr T, Fry H, McVey B, Sander E, Cavanaugh J, Neath A (2008) Performance of variable selection methods in regression using variations of the Bayesian information criterion, Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, 37, 507-20
  • Polgreen PM, Chen Y, Beekmann S, Srinivasan A, Neill MA, Gay T, Cavanaugh JE (2008) Elements of Influenza Vaccination Programs that Predict higher Vaccination Rates: Results of an Emerging Infections Network Survey, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 46, 14-19
  • Shang J, Cavanaugh JE (2008) Bootstrap variants of the Akaike information criterion for mixed model selection, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 52, 2004-21, Submitted
  • Bengtsson T, Cavanaugh JE (2008) State-space discrimination and clustering of atmospheric time series data based on Kullback information measures, Environmetrics, 19, 103-21
  • Cavanaugh JE, Davies SL, Neath AA (2008) Discrepancy-based model selection criteria using cross validation, Statistical Models and Methods for Biomedical and Technical Systems, edited by F Vonta, M Nikulin, N Liminos, C Huber, Boston, MA, Birkhauser, 473-85 pages (bookchapter)
  • Kuntz JL, Cavanaugh JE, Becker LK, Ward MA, Applegate DM, Herwaldt LA, Polgreen PM (2007) Clostridium difficile-associated disease in patients in a small rural hospital, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28 (11), 1236-9
  • Lu X, Pingel LC, Burnell KK, Cavanaugh JE, Brogden KA (2007) Carbamoylcholine chloride induces a rapid increase in IL6 in the nasal cavity of C57BL/6 mice, Comp Med, 57 (4), 349-54
  • Broffitt B, Levy SM, Warren JJ, Cavanaugh JE (2007) An investigation of bottled water use and caries in the mixed dentition, J Public Health Dent, 67 (3), 151-8
  • Tiesman H, Zwerling C, Peek-Asa, Sprince N, Cavanaugh JE (2007) Non-fatal injuries among urban and rural residents: The National Health Interview Survey, 1997-200, Inj Prev, 13 (21), 115-9
  • Polgreen PM, Chen YY, Cavanaugh JE, Ward M, Coffman S, Hornick DB, Diekema DJ, Herwaldt LA (2007) An outbreak of severe clostridium difficile-associated disease possibly related to inappropriate antimicrobial therapy for community-acquired pneumonia, Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 28 (2), 212-4
  • Fethke NB, Anton DC, Cavanaugh JE, Gerr F, Cook TIM (2007) Booststrap exploration of surface electromyography sampling duration and exposure estimate precision, Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, 33, 358-67
  • Neath AA, Cavanaugh JE (2006) Bayesian estimation of linear statistical model bias, International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, 32, 255-64
  • Hong L, Levy SM, Warren JJ, Broffitt B, Cavanaugh J (2006) Fluoride intake levels in relation to fluorosis development in maxillary central incisors and first molars, Caries Research, 40
  • Davies SL, Neath AA, Cavanaugh JE (2006) Estimation optimality of corrected AIC and modified Cp in linear regression, International Statistical Review, 74, 161-8
  • Bengtsson T, Cavanaugh JE (2006) An improved Akaike information criterion for state-space model selection, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 50, 2635-54
  • Neath AA, Cavanaugh JE (2006) A Bayesian approach to the multiple comparisons problem, Journal of Data Science, 4, 131-46
  • Davies SL, Neath AA, Cavanaugh JE (2005) Cross-validation model selection criteria for linear regression based on the Kullback-Leibler discrepancy, Statistical Methodology, 2 (4), 249-66
  • Kim H-J, Cavanaugh JE (2005) Model selection criteria based on Kullback information measures for nonlinear regression, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 134 (2), 332-49
  • Cavanaugh JE, Shang J (Apr 2005) A Diagnostic for Assessing the Influence of Cases on the Prediction of Random Effects in a Mixed Model, Journal of Data Science, 3 (2), 137-51
  • Cavanaugh JE (2005) Akaike information criterion, Encyclopedia of Measurement and Statistics, edited by N Salkind, Thousand Oaks, CA, Sage Publications (bookchapter)
  • Cavanaugh JE and Shang J (2004) A diagnostic for assessing the influence of cases on the prediction of random effects in a mixed model, Journal of Data Science
  • Kim H-J and Cavanaugh JE (2004) Model selection criteria based on Kullback information measures for nonlinear regression, Journal of Statistics Planning and Inference
  • Cavanaugh JE (2004) Criteria for linear model selection based on Kullback's symmetric divergence, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics, 46, 257-74
  • Ferguson AC, Davis CH, Cavanaugh JE (2004) An autoregressive model for analysis of ice sheet elevation change time series, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 42, 2426-36
  • Cavanaugh JE, Wang Y, Davis JW (2003) Locally self-similar processes and their wavelet analysis, Stochastic Processes: Modeling and Simulation (Handbook of Statistics 21), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Eisevier Science, 93-135 pages (bookchapter)
  • Wang Y, Cavanaugh JE, Song C (2001) Self-similarity index estimation via wavelets for locally self-similar processes, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 99, 91-110
  • Cavanaugh JE and Oleson JJ (2001) A diagnostic for assessing the influence of cases on the prediction of missing data, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series D, 50, 427-40
  • Neath AA and Cavanaugh JE (2000) A regression model selection criterion based on bootstrap bumping for use with resistant fitting, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 35, 155-69
  • Cavanaugh JE and Neath AA (1999) Generalizing the derivation of the Schwarz information criterion, Communications in Statistics -Theory and Methods, 28, 49-66
  • Cavanaugh JE (1999) A large-sample model selection criterion based on Kullback's symmetric divergence, Statistics & Probability Letters, 44, 333-44
  • Cavanaugh JE and Johnson WO (1999) Assessing the predictive influence of cases in a state-space process, Biometrika, 86, 183-90
  • Bradley JS, Phillips JO, Cavanaugh JE, Metzler MH (1998) The clinical utility of pH paper versus pH meter in the measurement of critical gastric pH in stress ulcer prophylaxis, Critical Care Medicine, 26, 1905-9
  • Cavanaugh JE and Shumway RH (1998) An Akaike information criterion for model selection in the presence of incomplete data, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 67, 45-65
  • Cavanaugh JE and Shumway RH (1997) A bootstrap variant of AIC for state-space model selection, Statistica Sinica, 7, 473-96
  • Neath AA and Cavanaugh JE (1997) Regression and time series model selection using variants of the Schwarz information criterion, Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, 26, 559-80
  • Cavanaugh JE (1997) Unifying the derivations of the Akaike and corrected Akaike information criteria, Statistics & Probability Letters, 33, 201-8
  • Cavanaugh JE and Shumway RH (1996) On computing the expected Fisher information matrix for state-space model parameters, Statistics & Probability Letters, 26, 347-55
  • Huang Y, Palaniappan K, Zhuang X, Cavanaugh JE (1995) Optic flow field segmentation and motion estimation using a robust genetic partitioning algorithm, IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 17, 1177-90
  • Cavanaugh JE, Small-sample model selection in the general state-space setting (PhD dissertation), University of California, Davis, 1993

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